Iranian Physicians Touring The United States To Promote Diplomacy
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) have launched an Iranian Physicians Tour in US to communicate medical expertise and promote diplomacy with Iran. - 5/2/08
AFGHANISTAN: Over half the population at risk of malaria - Health Ministry
Over half of Afghanistan's estimated 26.6 million population – and especially pregnant women and children - are vulnerable to malaria, according to Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). -IRIN - 4/28/08
Iranian women hit by cancer earlier
Iranian women seem to develop breast, cervical, uterus and ovarian cancers one decade earlier than the women around the world, head of Shahid Beheshti Medical Science University Alireza Zali said on the sidelines of a conference on women cancers. -Tehran Times - 4/22/08
Iran offers addicts condoms, syringes from vending machines
Iran is installing vending machines in Tehran to sell cheap condoms and syringes to drug addicts to prevent the spread of AIDS and hepatitis, an official said on Wednesday. -AFP - 4/16/08
Tehran to host WFME conference on medical education for first time
The world conference on medical education of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) is to be held in Tehran in November for the first time. -MNA - 4/15/08
Infertile in Iran
Iran has unexpectedly liberal ideas about contraception and assisted reproduction techniques, the result of pragmatic decisions, and consequent laws, arrived at by Shia interpretations of religious tenets. -Le Monde diplomatique - 4/8/08
UNAIDS Chief Says Disease Spreading At Record Pace in Central Asia
A new report by the independent Commission On AIDS In Asia, sponsored by the United Nations, contains the most comprehensive assessment of the disease's spread and impact in Asia. -REF - 3/28/08
Iran performs revolutionary brain surgery
According to the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Dr Ramin Pakbaz, an Iranian associate professor in San Diego University has performed the operation in association with the surgery team in the radiology department of Imam Khomeini Hospital. -Press TV - 3/26/08
Iranian scientists produce droplets for asthma, bronchitis control
Iranian pulmonologist Dr. Hamid Rouhi Boroujeni has been able to produce and market two droplets for asthma and bronchitis using herbals. -IRNA - 3/22/08
Cato Institute Study Finds Iran a Surprising Model for Kidney Markets
The United States suffers from an acute shortage of kidneys for transplant, with 73,000 people waiting for deceased donors to make organs available. Allowing compensation for donors, an idea that has allowed Iran to completely eliminate its waiting lists, would help solve this problem, reports a new study by the Cato Institute. - 3/21/08
AFGHANISTAN: New report urges stronger action to stop drugs trade
The government of Afghanistan and neighbouring states must join forces to stop the smuggling of precursor chemicals, particularly acetic anhydride, to Afghanistan where they are used in the illicit manufacture of heroin and morphine, the International Narcotics Control Broad (INCB) said in its annual report on 5 March. -IRIN - 3/7/08
UN: Action Needed Against Unproven HIV/AIDS Treatments
Also in 2007, the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announced the discovery of "IMOD" (an abbreviation for "immuno-modulator drug"), an herbal AIDS treatment made from seven local Iranian herbs. -Human Rights Watch - 2/29/08
Iran reverses ban on water pipes
Iran has allowed water pipes to reappear in tea houses, whose owners complained a recent ban on health grounds was putting them out of business, press reports said on Tuesday. -AFP - 2/27/08
EGYPT: Taking aim at ignorance about HIV/AIDS
Eight Egyptian men who were arrested and forced to undergo HIV tests, and the subsequent torture of the two who tested HIV-positive, has unleashed a storm of controversy in a country where people still know very little about the virus. -IRIN - 2/26/08
Iranian researchers use computer model to examine impacts of medicine on stuttering
An Iranian researcher in medical engineering has worked out a project examining impacts of medical treatment on patients suffering from expression difficulty, stuttering. -IRNA - 2/24/08
Iranian experts innovate new cardiac pacemakers with nuclear battery
Researchers of Amir-Kabir Industrial University of Tehran have successfully innovated a new type of cardiac pacemakers with long-lasting nuclear batteries, it was reported on Monday. - 2/18/08
Iran-made glue to replace stitches
The Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization has used human blood plasma to produce fibrin glue which can replace surgical stitches. -Press TV - 1/29/08
No case of bird flu in Iran: Health Minister
Minister of Health Kamran Baqeri Lankarani said here Saturday that no case of H5N1 virus has been observed in Iran. -IRNA - 1/27/08
FAO: New avian influenza flare-ups
Recent avian influenza outbreaks in 15 countries demonstrate that the H5N1 virus remains a global threat and requires close monitoring and strong control efforts, FAO said today. - 1/25/08
Bird flu cases found in northern Iran
Iran's Veterinary Organization has announced migratory and indigenous birds have tested positive for the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus. -Press TV - 1/19/08
Iranian teahouse owners fume over water pipe ban
Around 100 Iranian teahouse owners staged a rally on Sunday in protest at a ban on water pipes which they said has put their businesses in jeopardy, the state news agency IRNA reported. -AFP - 12/30/07
Company run by Iranian-American on Time Magazine's top ten list
Panacea Pharmaceuticals' lung cancer diagnostic test, LC Detectsm, has been named one of Time Magazine's Ten Biggest Medical Breakthroughs of 2007. Panacea is headed by Hossein A. Ghanbari, PhD. Dr. Ghanbari co-founded Panacea and serves as Chairman, CEO & Chief Scientific Officer. Two other Iranian-Americans are on the Board of Directors of Panacea - 12/27/07
No confirmed bird flu case detected in Iran: Health Minister
Health Minister Kamran Baqeri Lankarani on Monday announced that no confirmed case of bird flu has been detected in the country since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year beginning on March 21, 2007. - 12/24/07
Delay in treatment of migraine can cause serious brain damage
Dr. Nouchine Hadjikhani, an Iranian professor's research in Harvard University, reveals for the first time, the difference in the sensory zone of the cortex layer in brains of patients with migraine symptom with ordinary patients. This could open new horizons in diagnosis and cure of this mysterious illness. - 12/10/07
"Substantial Progress" in Global Avian Flu Response, Report Says
The world community has made progress in its response to avian influenza, according to a new United Nations-World Bank report whose results were announced in New Delhi December 4, the first day of the New Delhi International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. -USINFO - 12/6/07
Fighting AIDS in Iran seen tough due to taboos
Iran is fighting the spread of the AIDS virus by treating sufferers for free but taboos about the issue in the Islamic Republic are hindering efforts to raise public awareness, Iranian health officials said on Saturday. -Reuters - 12/1/07
Anti-bird flu measures across Middle East in wake of Saudi outbreak
Most countries in the Middle East, especially those bordering Saudi Arabia, have taken measures to prevent bird flu after an outbreak of the disease there in early November. -IRIN - 11/30/07
Gelareh Zadeh: career on the brain
Gelareh Zadeh, Britain's youngest female brain surgeon, has made medical history with a revolutionary day-clinic procedure. As she tells Sophie Wilson, a turbulent childhood and piecemeal education spurred her on to make the most of her time -Telegraph, UK - 11/28/07
Transplant Doctor Argues in Favor of Kidney Sales
Kidney sales are legal in Iran, and they take place in other countries where they are technically against the law. Now, a prominent American surgeon advocates making kidney sales legal in the United States. VOA's Carol Pearson has more. - 11/27/07
Could Afghan Poppies Be Painkillers for the Poor?
As opium harvests in Afghanistan have steadily increased, some think tanks and politicians - mostly in Britain - have raised a trenchant question: rather than trying to eradicate Afghanistan’s poppies, why not instead buy them and make morphine? -New York Times - 10/16/07
Iraq: Fear among refugees as cholera crosses border into Iran
Despite the efforts of the Iraqi government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to contain a recent cholera outbreak, the disease has already spread to half of the country and has also crossed the border into Iran, according to WHO and Iranian authorities. -IRIN - 10/8/07
WHO Praises Iran's Control over Iraqi-Sourced Cholera
Iran stifled a potential cholera outbreak three weeks ago, after the infection was carried there from Iraq, the World Health Organization revealed. -Fars - 10/5/07
Iranian Professor's innovative surgery technique for war-disabled patients
The first urogenital system operation on patients with a complete spinal cord injury was carried out in Tehran using the innovative procedure adopted by an Iranian doctor, Dr. Mohammad Nabi Nemati who is the head of the surgery department of Bonn university hospital. - 9/24/07
Afghan opium production soars to record levels
Opium production in Afghanistan increased by 17 percent in 2007, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on 27 August. -IRIN - 8/28/07
Iran, France sign MoU on blood transfusion medicine
The MoU was inked by Managing-Director of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization Hassan Abolqassemi and his French counterpart Jacques Hardy in cooperation with universities of Tehran and Paris 12. -IRNA - 7/18/07
Politics aside, a warm welcome for Americans in Iran
I recently returned from an extraordinary visit to Iran coordinated through the US-Iran Working Group on Health Science Cooperation, which I co-chair. This network was founded to exchange information, promote collaborative research and build trust and understanding among health scientists in the United States and Iran. -Paula Gutlove, Cambridge, Massachusetts - 7/13/07
World's first tracheal stenosis operation performed in Iran
The first surgical operation of its kind in the world to save the life of a patient with tracheal stenosis was performed in Iran. The patient -- a 27-year-old female -- was the only survivor of a car accident in northern Iran near the Caspian Sea. -MNA - 7/11/07
UNICEF calls for more awareness-raising to prevent spread of HIV in Iran
Everything possible must be done to prevent HIV and AIDS becoming a general epidemic in Iran, said Omar Abdi, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, during a two-day visit to Iran today. - 6/28/07
UN drug agency reports "significant and positive changes" in world drugs markets. Countries urged to provide greater health care to drug addicts
Opium production in Afghanistan remains a major problem: cultivation increased dramatically in 2006, offsetting remarkable successes in eliminating other sources of opium supply, especially in South-East Asia. "In Afghanistan opium is a security issue, more than a drug issue," said the UN's drugs chief. - 6/26/07
Iranian scientists produce new cancer medicine
Iranian scientists have made the world's first drug for the treatment of cancers of the digestive system. The herbal medicine, called Spinal-Z, has been successfully tested on 700 patients. -MNA - 6/11/07
Iranian researchers produce Pegilated Interferon medicine
Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education announced on Saturday the production of Pegilated Interferon medicine by Iranian researchers. The medicine is used for promoting body immunity system against chronic deceases. -IRNA - 4/15/07
Iran's health tourism showcased in Paris Exhibition
Iran held health tourism pavilion in the 31st Paris Exhibition on Tourism Industry which was thronged by visitors for the third day running. According to IRAN correspondent, visitors including Iranians, living in France, expressed their satisfaction with the progress Iran has made in the field of health and medical services. -IRNA - 3/17/07
Suspicious bird flu deaths in Tehran's Pardisan Park
Birds dying under suspicious circumstances have been noted in Tehran's Pardisan Park which could have been caused by an outbreak of bird flu, the Islamic Students NewAgency (ISNA) reported. - 3/8/07
AFGHANISTAN: Severe winter causes more pneumonia child deaths
Doctors in Afghanistan say that a particularly cold winter this year has increased the number of children dying of pneumonia. Thousands of children contract the respiratory illness every winter in Afghanistan, where difficult living conditions and inadequate medical care can make it a fatal illness. -IRIN - 3/6/07
Iran's first AIDS Film Festival: February 20-22 in Tehran
The English-language daily 'Iran Daily' in its Sunday issue quoted secretary of the festival, Shahram Rafiefar, as saying that the aim of the festival is to help prevent the disease and support those suffering from AIDS. -IRNA - 2/18/07
Iran vet chief rejects reports of avian flu outbreak in Mazandaran
Head of Iran Veterinary Organization Hossein Hassani denied the outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strains bird flu in Amol and Babol, two Iranian cities located in the northern province of Mazandaran. -MNA - 2/14/07
Iran's anti-AIDS medicine to enter market in two months
Secretary of the Iranian Pharmacists Society Saeed Vaqefi said Monday that the newly discovered Iranian herbal medicine for HIV/AIDS is set to enter the domestic market within two months. -IRNA - 2/12/07
Registration of new HIV drug in Europe in final stage – Iranian Health Minister
Iran's Minister of Health Kamran Baqeri Lankarani on Thursday said that registration of a new herbal medicine invented by Iranians that controls the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus in an infected person is at its final stage. -IRNA - 2/9/07
Iranian scientists discover herbal medicine for AIDS: Health Minister
Iranian Minister of Health Kamran Baqeri Lankarani on Saturday said that Iran's young scientists have discovered herbal medicine that can control the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus in an infected person. -IRNA - 2/3/07
Iran: Health Official Fears New Wave Of HIV Infections
Iranian officials frequently maintain that most of that country's HIV infections are the result of intravenous drug abuse -- often in prison. But a senior health official's recent warning of the potentially exponential spread of HIV and AIDS through sex suggests that an official reluctance to discuss extramarital intimacy and other forbidden topics might be giving way to a more realistic view of AIDS. -RFE - 1/24/07
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